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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25
An Extra Session.

The country Is receiving a great flow
of information just now, apropos of
Congress and the surplus. Every wise
acre in tie land is pouring forth his
views and convictions and advice as to
the necessity for and the prospect OF an
extra session of Congress between the
present time and the first Monday of
December next. Undoubtedly the truth
is hidden somewhere in the mass. VIII
the President manage TO distinguish 1t
As we understand the case. there Is
but one contingency in which an extra
session would even be permissible. If it
should happen that great accumulation
of money IN the Treasury were to lead
to stringency in financial affairs through
the country, and if there were no means
of disposing of this surplus and restoring
it to active circulation, then, and only
then, would the President be justified in
calling Congress together, and asking it
to take cOgniZance of the emerg ency.
Is such an emergency probable?
The surplus is Low Rccumulatfng at
the rate, roughly stated, of fourteen
millions per month. Until the 1st of
July these millions can be disposed of by
purchasing and retiring the 3 per cent.
bonds. After that, $50, 900 can be
absorbed in the sinking fund, and by
setting aside the whole annual allowance
during the first three months instead of
distributing il over the whole year, the
surplus revenues OF July, August and
September can be extinguished. This
brings us to Oct, l. Then what shall be
done?
The question is whether any serious
crisis is likely to be precipitated by the
withdrawal from circulation and the
rr,F- 4
per month during October, November
and December, it being assumed tina:
Congress will be in full operation by the
1st Of January and ready to grappIe with
the emergency. 1t is upon this issue
that the whole controversy hinges
Many of our wisest public men believe
that the accumulatiOns of October. No
vember and December would exert no
unfavOTable influence. Others hold the
contrary, and insist that in so sensitive
a matter as that of money it would be
most perilOus to incur the smallest risk.
They claim that the appearance of apa-
thy on the part of the Government would
involve the gravest consequences, where
as the moral effect Of the Presidents
calling an extra session early in October
and thereby testifying the purpose and
desire of the Administration to seek
remedy for the evil would exert a most
potent, reassuring Influence upon the
country.
The question, in fact, may properly be
considered within these limitations
Until Oct l, there is an easy and au-
thOTized way Of dispOsing of the surplus
and preventing any accumulation. AT
ter that, and until such time as Congress
may, in the ordinary course Of business,
provide some further means of neutral
iZjng the evil. there will be a growing
and multiplying danger. viii the stu.
alton call for immediate treatment in
October-Or can il be safely left to Con-
gress 1T its regular session? That is the
problem in a nutshell.-N y. Star.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

ONE of the most important duties de-
volving upon the present Legislature is
the proper re- -appOrtiOnment of the State
into Congressional districts. AS was
feared. however, the majority at Harris
burg has proposed a division far from
coinciding with constitutional require
ments. The proposed re-appOTtloHment
is based entirely on political grounds,
and in the language Of the Philadelphia
Times makes rams horns straight by
comparison, and throws into the shade
all the shoestring geTrymanders of mod
ern politics, 1t is done by small polIti-
clans who have not yet learned that
strained districts without homogeneous
people are valueless to party these days
of general and growing political indepen-
dence and they are inviting increased
independence by the obvious attempt to
obtain twenty-one of the twenty-eight
districts for one party that would not
be entitled to over fifteen OF fair rep
resentative basis. 1t is a shOrt-sighted
policy on the part of the Republicans !;
lot Lu6 dIJSulpJ ID 81 OON NlOuosJ " hichC
the whole appOrtionment subservient to
partisan bigotry that the better class of
Republican voters will revolt at the
usurpation and bolt the party. If the
political status of different sections of
country are taken into account at all,
and if the aim is to elevate the standard
of our representatives, the disposition
should be to make the division so equal
politically that each party would be
obliged to nominate its best man to
avoid defeat. The districts as now
formed are, as a rule, fashioned to invite
the boodler to contest them. The union
of a number of counties distant from
each other, with little intercourse or
sympathy between the people, is just the
sort of a district for the boOdleI TO gath
er up, and compel the party to disgrace
Itself by his election or accept defeat
It is important that an apportionment
should be made before an adjournment,
but it is still more important that The
apportionmeut shall be fair and show an
honest purpose, and that the counties
composing each district shall be as
compact as possible.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25
Destructive Fire at ChautauOua.

The fire at the Chautauqua Assembly
grounds on the morning of the Dist
inst, destroyed eighty buildings, among
them being several large boarding houses
including the Eckert, Parkhurst and
Alling houses. The total loss will very
probably exceed 100000
The fire started shortly before mid
night in the Curtis cottage on Simpson
avenue. 1t was caused by defective
flue. The buildings and cottages are of
wood and are close together. The fire
spread rapidly to the adjoining cottages,
and the lack of fire apparatus and the
scarcity of help favored the flames.
About sixty families remain on the
grounds during the winter season. The
citizens from Mayville and the surround
ing towns arrived on the scene and
greatly aided the residents. The FIRE
swept everything before it, taking both
sides of Simpson and SummeTfield ave-
nues, from the Auditorium to the Hotel
Atheneum. 1t was with difficulty that
The Hotel was saved. The absence Of a
high wind alone saved from destruction
the large and costly structure.
The fire departments at Erie, CORY
and other cities were telegraphed for.
but the Cory department only respond
ed. A special train was run from that
city to Mayville. The heroic work of
the winter residents and farmers from
the surrounding country undoubtedly
prevented the entire destruction of the
Assembly with its costly buildings and
800 cottages. All the cottages and the
boarding houses in the burned district
were furnished and equipped, and little
of the furniture was saved.
Many of the burned cottages on Simp
son avenue were rebuilt last year. Thi'
was the most fashionable avenue of The
grounds. The magnificent forest treei
shading these streets were destroy ed by
the fire.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

CONSTITUENTS of some OF the Penn
sylvania Legislators Will not feel very
highly flattered over the fact that their
Representatives had to be sent for by
the Sergeant-at-Arms, Friday evening,
in order to make out a quorum for the
transaction OF business.
Unruly boys playing truant from
school are not more eensurable than the
Honorable (?) men sent to Harrisburg
to make laws for the people, who absent
themselves from their seats simply be-
cause Chey can. 1t is true many men
sent to Harrisburg 30 make laws are at
best only fguTe-heads, but when they
get ten dollars a day for playing law
maker, :hey ought to be found in their
places when sessions arc called, instead
of lettering around some drinking house
or riding out free passes on the railroad.
One thing this State ard the whole
country wants is officers who will be
faithful and conscientious in the dis
charge of their duties. Give us good,
true, loyal, able men to fill the positions
of honor and trust, and the Government
of the future will have no breakers to
cross.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

If proof had been lacking heretofore
that reform Is needed in the social circles
of Washington, there is now no dearth
of evidence on that point. There is
nothing niggardly in the salary of a
United States Cabinet officer, yet few
are able to live on the annual $1,000
they receive, because of the exactions Of
Washington society. Speaker Carlisle
considers himself too poor to accept the
Treasury portfolio proffeTed him by
President Cleveland, believing he would
come out of the Office impoverished since
he has no millions to fall back upon
This is the Government of which we
boast a Government that has permit
ted itself to become the prey of a sense
less and braInless society custom that
requires vast expenditures for mere dis
play At one time intelligence and
brains were the highest passports in
Washington society. but for years posi-
tion and money have beer the only
requisites. With the return of the
Democratic Administration to power, it
would be a desirable consummation to
have a return to JeffersOnian simplicity
in Washington society circles.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25
Alsace and Ireland.

1t is now sixteen years since Alsace
aid a portion of Lorraine became part
Of the German Empire, and already the
condition of the conquered territory is
singularlo like that of Ireland.
In Alsace the people send representa-
tiYes TO the German Reichstag. who
protest against Prussian rule in Ireland
the voters elect members OF the Imperial
Parliament, who oppose English Oppres
sion. In Alsace the Patriotic League is
secretly affiliated with the parent organ
iZation in France in Ireland the Ma
tional League is openly allied 20 a
kindred fraternity in the United States.
In Alsace political arrests and police
searches by day and by night are carried
on; in Ireland the same or similar
methods were prosecuted meTcilessly and
are now to be renewed. In Aisace the
German government employs spies and
infOrmeTs TO gather testimony against
suspects, or to manufacture it when that
process is deemed advisable. in Ireland
the British government may be said to
have furnished the example
In AIsace the people would certainly
turn against Germany il the event of
war between that country and France in
Ireland the Nationalists would most
assuredly rise against England upon the
breaking out of ho5tiliues between her
and France, Russia or the United
States. In AI5ace the Pruss1an is ab-
hOrred in Ireland the Englishman is
detested. In Alsace the belief in final
deliveTance grows with the increase of
the military power in France in Ire
land the same faith gains strength from
the relative weakness of England, and
from the progress of the IRISH race in
America.
In fact Aisace and Lorraine must now
De classed with Ireland and Poland
This makes a poor showing for the
boasted progress of liberty in Europe.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

THE pretended apprehension urged by
those opposed tc woman suffrage in the
State of Kansas, that if women were
granted the privilege of voting the bet
ter class would not avail themselves of
their rights. is not borne out by pres ent
indications. The womer are now waging
vigorous campaign in view of the
municipal election soon to take place,
and the prospects are that they will turn
out to a woman and casts their ballots
with as true an American feeling and
with more grace and dignity than the
majority of the men. When the women
of Kansas exemplity to the world that
there is nothing unwomanly in them
voting at a municipal election, other
states will follow the example of Kansas
IN vouchsafng to them the privilege of
this natural right.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's appoint
ment of TTotter for Recorder in the
District has thus far proven a happy
one. Trotter has gone to work and
shown by his application and aptness, as
well as his natural and acquired qualif-
cations for the position that he will fill
the office with credit to himself and his
race, and honor his appointment. He Is
an improvement socially on Matthews.
who was naturally surly, and has so far
won the good gTsces Of even his enemies.
He is looked upon as a sort of natural
curiosity-a kind of anomaly-by many
of his coloIed brethren, who cannot haI-
mOnlze dark human skin and Demo-
cratic principles. This difficulty will
pass away. however, as the colored race
becomes more intelligent and less preju-
diced. Even the colored citizens of this
country will begin to realize soon that
the Republican party Of to-day is not the
Republican party Of the days of Abraham
Lincoln.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25
An Experiment at Profit Sharing.

a veTy s,rOng indication of the value
of profit sharing as an amelioration of
the friction between labor and capital, is
afforded by pamphlet published by Mr..
H. Q. Nelson, Of S.. Louis. This man
ufactureI gives the result Of a years.
experiment in the plan which was adapt
ed from that iii existence in France for
nearly half a century. A year ago the
the plan was adopted of first reseTving 7
per cent. interest on capital actually
employed, and then dividing the profits
equally upon the total of wages and
capital. The result of the first year has
been a dividend upon the wages Of about
per cent, nearly all of which is savings
for the employees. and Is left as capital
in the hands Of the firm.
Of course an unprOsperOus year would
be likely to afford a less satisfactory
result but the characteristic point of
the system is that it tends to strengthen
the establishment against adversely. In
this case the employer testiies that the
most striking effect of the plan is the
increased efficiency and faIthfulness of
the wOTkmen. Wherever profit sharing
has been tried, in fact, 1t has been found
practicable to produce the same output
of wares with a smaller number of work
uCu, lu6 ulopOSlLlOu VI lub pIOHb SudT6TS
being naturally to weed out idlers and
IncOmpetents, so as to bring dividends
to the highest practicable figure. For
the capitalist the result is an income
from interest, salary and dividends
largely exceeding the usual profits of
manufacturing. These are the results
reported from what few experiments in
profit sharing have been made in this
country. and thew are cOrrOhOratpd nv
similar reports from France. We shall
hope to see the example followed more
generally. y.-PitS51rg Dispatch.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

THEland-grabbing monopoly is receiv-
ing an unusual amount of attention from
the Knights OF Labor, and their object
which is a very worthy one-is to make
the system of appropriating and monop-
olizing laDo 10y mOney-lords and corpo-
Tations so Jdious ard unpopular that if
it is not refrained from, laws may be
passed limiting the area an individual OF
corporation may possess. The right and
natural use Of lands is for homes for the
million and the scheme, too long in
vogue, of spectators buying it up in
vast quantities for the purpose Of filling
their Golfers should be stopped. Especial
Iy does this system have an extremely
exasperating phase when English and
other foreign capitalists are gobbling it
up, who have 10 feelings in common
with the American people. May the
Knights of Labor succeed in their
efforts.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25
Illinois High License.

The Chicago Tribune, the leading
Republican organ of that city, IN Ie-
cent issue, says.
The Illinois High License law took
effect in 1SS4-5. 1t closed 1000 saloons
in the city of Chicago, and 1000 in the
state. The revenue from liquor licenses
10 Chicago alone, rose from $500, 900 per
year, to 81, 700, 900. The law possessed
other valuable features besides that of a
fxed license of $500 for the sale of ardent
spirits 1t provided that all municipal
tiles might increase the license fee as
much as they chose"
1t has always been contended by the
PrUhIbitionists that high license never
has reduced and never will reduce the
number of places at which liquor is sold.
Either they are wrong or the Chicago
Tribune is wrong, and it seems to speak
from the Record.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

ALONG with the car stove for danger
and destruction Of human life may now
be coupled the tire-trap hotel. These
deadly agents should be forever relega-
ted to the past. There have been a
sufficient number of holocausts arising
from the use of both to demand their
exit. Between the two dangers, the
travelling public is subjected to entirely
too many risks to be contemplated with
compOsure. In view of former disasters
In hotels like that which occurred by
the burning of the Richmond Hotel, on
Friday Of last week, the Newhall House
at Milwaukee. and the Southern Hotel
at st. Louis still fresh In miDd-it is
astounding that in city like Buffalo, a
new hotel should have been allowed to
be occupied by guests until it was clear
ly demonstrated to be fire proof with
ample ard convenient fire escapes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

ONE disaster follows another so rapid
ly that the mind has scarcely stopped
contemplating the horrors of railroad
smash-up, fire, an earthquake. a cy-.
clone or a falling bridge carrying its
victims across the border between life
and death, until some other locality
claims attention as the scene Of an un-
expected and terrible catastrophe. The
burning Of the Richmond hotel in Buffa-
10 last week has some points of horror
about it that no human tongue can fully
express. To be suddenly aroused from
"tired natures sweet restorer, " only to
realize that you are surrounded by flames
from which there is no escape, would
create a sensation which has never been
fully described.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

THE czar of Russia is a practical dem
Ons,ratiOn of the old saw, uneasy lies
the head that wears a crown" He
deplOres the necessity which exists for
precautions for his safety, but declares
the bombs will not change his outlined
policy, but it seriously interferes with
personally inspect the existing state of
affairs and inteIligently apply the RENE
dy. The czar's aversion to plunging
Russia into a ruinous and fruitless war
continues as great as ever. No change
in his convictions in this respect is ex-
pected by his advisers except in confOr-
nifty with his views on Russian imperial
interests.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

THE Iumor given currency by Dr.
Sewers that President Cleveland is fail
ing in beal,h and in danger of being cut
down in middle life and usefulness by an
insidiOus attack superinduced by his
severe mental labor ard lack of physical
exercise, IS denied by Col. Lamont. The
Colonel says the President is in good
physical condition and there is no reason
cor alaIm in regard to his health. The
presumption is that he will be in entirely
too good condition and too lively in 1888
to suit some Of his contemporaries.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

IN talking about the pass question,
Senator CullOm said he did not think it
could apply to newspaper passes, because
they were given in nearly every instance
IN payment of advertising done by the
papers for the road. my wife was
strongly in favor of the BILL said the
Senator, until the night before it was
signed. She had never heard Of the
clause referring to passes until some one
in our conversation at home mentioned
that If the bill became a law she could
no longer ride on pass. is that sop
she said. Wnen l told her that it was
she exclaimed, Then 1 hope the Presi-
dent will veto it y -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

STATISTICS have lately been published
showing that during the first two months
of the present year there had been 166
strikes, in which 90, 200 persons joined,
and at the conclusion of which 50, 00O
we're left to enforced idleness. their pla-
ces having been filed by others while
they we're on strike. The estimated loss
of wages they suffered was over So, ,000,-
600. One of the strikes not included in
the list is now proceeding in Paterson,
n. j., the center of the silk trade in the
United States. The number of persons
voluntarily going out or forced out of the
mills is 20, 900, their weekly loss of wa
ges being over 100000. This is one of
the strikes whicn should not have occur
red, and was ordered by the Knights of
Labor. because the following demands
made by them were denied First, THAT
no man shall be employed in a shop who
is not Knight of Labor in good stand
ing''-which means that any Knight who
does not regularly pay his assessments or
dues shall be discharged. This demand
if granted would make the employers
collectors for the Knights of Labor of
the orders dues and assessments. Sec
ond, That before any man shall be
dismissed, no matter for what reason,
his case must be submitted to the other
wOrkmen, and if they do not agree with
the employer, the employer shall be
obliged to retain him." This takes
away from an employer any control Of
his business. We hardly think Mr..
Powderly will approve strike to enforce
such conditions.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25
An End to Bone ScranInr.

Edward Shepherd, OF Harrisburg, ILL.,,
says Having received so much benefit
from Electric Bitters, feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know 1t. Have had
running sore on my leg for eight years !;
my doctors told me l would haye to have
the bone scraped or leg amputated. used,
Instead, three bottles of Electric Bitters and
seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and
my leg is now sound and we'll" Electric
Bitters are sold at fifty cents a bottle, and
Bucklen's Arnica Salve at 25c. per box by
E. James, OF EbeBsburG and W. w. Nc
Atesr, of Loretto.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

YOUNG MEMS Democratic Clubs are
being formed in some parts OF the
country, and now is an Opportune time
TO organize throughout the Union. IN
time OF peace prepare for war, " aud the
party which takes time by the fOrelOck
and strengthens its bulwarks before the
campaign opens will have made an i'm
portant step toward final success.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

THE Torres OF England have at last
yiel ded to the inevitable, and acknowl-
edged they cannot coerce ireland. 1t is
the dawning of another hope for the
downtrodden race and Ireland S ultimate
freedom and absolute home rule, which
at one time appeared SO hopeless, may
not be so far off.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

A resolution was passed on Tuesday
in the Senate, providing for the appoint
ment of a Legislative Committee to
represent the law-making power OF
Pennsylvania at the celebration of the
centennial of the adoption of the Consti-
tuition of the United States.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

Representative Callaghan, of West
moreland county, on last Tuesday night
delivered an address upon Labor, in the
Hall of the House at Harrisburg.
"A monstrosity In the shape of a male
child with head like an elephant, was born
at Bridgeport, Conn, recently.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

FROM the princely salaries paid some
base ball pitchers, one would imag inc
the position to b. second only to the
Presidency OF tn United States.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25
Gambrla freeman.
eRENsRURc, pa.
FRIDAY MARCH p 1887.

EMPEROR WILLIAM Of Germany eel
ebTated his ninetieth birthday on the
22d inst.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25

TEACHERS will read with unalloved
pleasure of the passage of the bill giving
them pay for attendance at institutes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-03-25
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